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Setting the bar pretty high for airship design is this one from Christopher Ottersbach: Called the Aeolus Airship (named after Aeolus, the Greek wind god) it is designed to be aerodynamic than conventional airship designs, and stay aloft for up to two

After last night's picnic flash mob the escalating battle over the proposed third runway at Heathrow Airport in the UK has reached a new level today with Greenpeace taking direct action. They have bought up a small piece of

Heathrow Protesters Picnic in the Terminal
The battle over airport expansion in the UK continued this week, but compared to occupying runways or protesters storming the Parliament building, yesterday evening was a picnic, literally. At 7pm somewhere

Airline to Pursue Legal Action to Recoup Damages?
Feelings have been running high about the future of aviation in the UK. We’ve seen the Conservative Party coming out against a new Heathrow runway, we’ve seen anti-aviation protesters scaling the

Heathrow Airport, outside of London, is the world's busiest international airport and the government wants to make it even bigger--by adding a third runway and sixth terminal. Opposition to the runway has been building, with a demo that closed down

The Supreme Court of Canada recently told Air Canada that people who need an extra seat on a plane because they are either disabled or obese need only pay one fare; Perhaps that is where I will have to go to defend the rights of

Brad Pitt continues to lend his talent on this 3rd season e2 for their latest installment titled "Transport." Episodes begin streaming on the web November 24 and then will air on PBS later this winter. Episodes span

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Boris Johnson Promises Support to a Legal Challenge
The plan to build a third runway at Heathrow has certainly brought dramatic headlines. From protesters breaching airport security to the UK Conservatives,

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Date Set for Jatropha-Powered Test Flight
The announcement that Air New Zealand had set an ambitious sustainable biofuels goal for 2013 created a lot of buzz back in September. But all too often such announcements amount

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The Sustainability Mirage: Illusion and Reality in the Coming War on Climate Change by John Foster is very timely, particularly given other similar books like Hot, Flat and Crowded by Thomas Friedman and The Green Collar

We like to see life cycle assessment being used in everyday situations, especially when it comes to helping businesses reduce their environmental impacts (and even if it means looking at rather archaic looking graphs like the one

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UK Opposition Party Continues Stance Against Aviation Expansion
The UK Conservative Party is not necessarily thought of by many as the party of protest, but it has already come out strongly against airport expansion, pledging

The Independent on Sunday has rated John Stewart the top environmentalist in its Green List of 100 eco-activists. Little known outside of the UK, and not so well known here either, this recognition of his efforts is an example of the way the

GPS--So Many Uses
We've already seen how GPS can be used to track global warming, make cycling more efficient and fun, document environmental destruction and even find lost pets. Now, the Associated Press is reporting that the current U.S. air traffic

We may be squandering our children's natural inheritance, losing up to $5 trillion a year in natural capital, by chopping down the world's forests, but the Indonesian government has finally done something to stop the

The Big Cheese behind TreeHugger, Graham Hill, hit the Arctic as part of Cape Farewell's 2008 Disko Bay expedition to witness the direct environmental effects of climate change. Packed in snugly on a science research boat with